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LOST
AREAS
Adventure Mountain+ -
REOPENED
1/22/2021
Al
and Stevie's Ski Village*
(see Ski
Village)
Al
Quaal
Allegan
Winter Sports Area
Alpena
Ski Slope*
(see Manning
Hill)
Apple
Mountain (also called
Bintz Apple Mountain)
AuSable
Ski Ranch*
- See Michaywe
Slopes
Avalanche
Peak - also called Barn
Mountain
Bahle
Park Ski Hill
Bald
Eagle Ski Hill (may also
have been called Harringbone Ridge)
Bald
Mountain State Recreation Area
Barn
Mountain*
- See Avalanche
Peak
Barton
Hills Country Club
Bear
Hills
Bear
Mountain+
(formerly Grayling Winter Sports Park, still open as
Hanson
Hills)
Big-M
Ski Area*
(see Manistee
Ski Area)
Binder
Park
Bintz
Apple Mountain*
(see Apple
Mountain)
Birch
Hills Ski Area
Birchwood
Farm Lodge
Black
Forest
- Port Huron, MI - southeast
Michigan - 5590 Lapeer Rd, Kimball, MI 48074. - north of
Lapeer Rd, east of Wadhams, on the Black
River.
- c: 1984 (became
condos)
- upside
down (lodge at the
top)
- Google
Maps / Google
Earth
42.99058650333433, -82.54735776847451
- Michigan
Lost Ski Areas Project
- Michigan's
Forgotten Ski Areas
- Michigan
Ski Area History Facebook Page
- - - Search:
Black Forest
- Blue
Water Portrait: Black Forest Ski
Area - The Times Herald
(Port Huron, MI), Jan. 22, 1984
- Skiing
On Grass - The Times Herald
(Port Huron, MI), Aug. 16, 1981
Black
Mountain Ski Area
Brady's
Hills (later called
Winterskoll)
Braman
Hill Recreation Area
Bremer's
Hill
Briar
Hill Ski Area
Briar
Mountain*
- (See Norway
Mountain , also called Vulcan
USA)
Brice's Hill* (see
Bryce's
Hill)
Brock
Park
Brule
Mountain+
(currently open as Ski
Brule)
Bryce's
Hill (Brice's
Hill)
Buck
Hills+
- still open as Crystal
Mountain
Calvin
College
Canadian
Lakes Club
Carousel
Mountain
Caspian
Ski Hill
* - see Spring
Valley
Chainsaw
Mountain
Chelsea
Ski Hollow
Chimney
Corners Resort
Chipmunk
Bluff
Ci-Bo
Ski Hill
- Traverse City, MI - northwest
Michigan - on the west side - of Rennie Hill (south of
fourteenth street along US-31)
- o: 1948 still open in 1951, not
open 1955
- Google
Maps / Google
Earth ??
44.74350844734249, -85.63804701749605
- Forgotten Ski Areas of Michigan
Facebook Page Search:
Ci-Bo
- Everyone
Has Fun at Ci-Bo - Traverse
City Record-Eagle (Traverse City, Michigan) · Wed,
Jan 31, 1951
- Ci-Bo
Hill to Be Reopened -
Traverse City Record-Eagle (Traverse City, Michigan)
· Thu, Dec 17, 1953
- Sledding
Spots for Children -
Traverse City Record-Eagle (Traverse City, Michigan)
· Sat, Jan 22, 1955
- Grand
Traverse Ski Club - Our History
Circle
TNT Ski Area and Campground
(previously called Jack Pine Valley)
Cliff's
Ridge+
- currently operating as Marquette
Mountain
Cole
Creek*
- see Fonro Ski
Resort
Danforth
Ski Area (Escanaba
Winter Sports Park)
- Escanaba, MI - upper peninsula - 3
mi W on Danforth Rd.; 2 1/2 mi from state fairgrounds;
where Soo Line (Schlesinger) RR crosses Danforth
Rd.
- o: 1959 - lodge at top
- hills face south and east
???
- In 1978 (Skalka):
1 rope tow
- Google
Maps / Google
Earth ???
45.78377175069546, -87.12511554357995
Please email - mark@mwlsap.org - if you know a more
precise location.
- This location is uncertain, but
it does appear to meet the bowl-like descriptions and
the distances from town and State Fair
Park
- Michigan Ski Area History Facebook
Page 1
2
- - - Search:
Danforth
- Ski
Tow In Operation At Danforth Ski Hill
Area - Escanaba Daily
Press, Jan. 22, 1959
- Mayor
Receives Deed To Ski Area -
Escanaba Daily Press, March 17, 1939
- Skiing
On Hills In Danforth District -
Escanaba Daily Press, Feb. 17, 1939
- Officers
Will Discuss Site -
Escanaba Daily Press, Jan. 17, 1939
- Terry
Ahola - wikipedia - first
ski area of Terry Ahola, former member of the US Ski
Team
Diggins
Hill Park
Dryden
Ski Area
Duke's
Ski Slope / Duke's Lake
East
Bay+ (probably
Mt.
Holiday - still
open
Echo
Valley
Elberta
Mountan Winter Sports Park
- Elberta, MI - northwest Michigan -
Just behind the Betsie Bay Marina
- o: 1948
- Google
Maps / Google
Earth
44.623595566965946, -86.2348457176085 ??
- also ski jump and toboggan
jumping
- Michigan
Lost Ski Areas Project
- 1953
map
- Michigan
Ski Area History Facebook Page
2
- Glancing
Thru Our Yesteryears - 15
years ago - Traverse City Record-Eagle (Traverse City,
Michigan) · Fri, Dec 13, 1963
- Elberta
Ski Mountain Open -
Traverse City Record-Eagle (Traverse City, Michigan)
· Fri, Jan 22, 1954
- Guide
To Michigan Skiing Centers
- Lansing State Journal (Lansing, Michigan) · Sun,
Jan 2, 1955
Escanaba
Winter Sports Park*
(see Danforth
Ski Area)
Eskar
Hills (Esker?) - may also
be Middleville
Ski Resort
Flint
Parks and Recreation
????
Fonro
Ski Resort - later called
Cole Creek
Ford
Mountain^
Forest
Hill Ski Resort
^- looks like ski jump only
Franklin
Hill
Fry's
Winter Sports Park
Fulton
Lake Snow Bowl*
Probably Snow
Bowl
Fun
Valley
- Mio, MI - north central Michigan
(Oscoda County) - 5 mi. N of Mio on county rd. 612, 2 mi
from Muscrat lake, 1454 County Highway 610, Mio, Michigan
??? / maybe Autumn Hills Resort, 295 W Miller Rd. Mio, MI
48647
- o: 1971
- operated by the city of
Mio
- Google
Maps / Google
Earth ??
44.75772148762375, -84.13097391677185
Please email - mark@mwlsap.org - if you know a more
precise location.
- Michigan
Winter is 'Red Hot' Fun Season
- Livingston County Daily Press and Argus (Howell,
Michigan) · Wed, Dec 1, 1971
- Snow!
To the Slopes! - Lansing
State Journal (Lansing, Michigan) · Sat, Jan 8, 1972
(important paragraph also at Michigan
Ski Area History Facebook Page)
- Michigan Ski Area History Facebook
Page - Search:
Fun Valley
Galaxy
Hills
Gay-El-Rancho
Glacier
Hills
Goshorn
Hills
Grand
Haven Ski Bowl+
- currently operating as Mulligan's
Hollow
Grand
Rapids Ski Club
(2)
Grand
River Park Ski Area
Grand
Valley State College Ski Hill
Granview
Orchards
Grayling
Winter Sports Park+
- (see Bear
Mountain, still open as
Hanson
Hills)
Greenbush
Inn
- Greenbush, MI - north east
Michigan - Inn located at 2411 S. State Street - skiing
and tobogganing hills were approximately 2 miles N –
on the W side of US 23. beyond the Greenbush Golf Course
- Everett Road
- Google
Maps / Google
Earth ???
44.6117782627895, -83.32454621482518
Please email - mark@mwlsap.org - if you know a more
precise location.
- Michigan
Lost Ski Areas Project
Griswold
Mountain Ski Area
(Hill
View?)
Harbor
Highlands Ski Resort+
- (Boyne Highlands) currently open as
The
Highlands
Harbor
Springs Kiwanis Park
Harringbone
Ridge*
- see Bald
Eagle Ski Hill
Hidden
Valley*
- see Ostego Ski
Club - Still open
Highland
Recreation Area
*- see Teeple
Hill
Hilton
Shanty Creek*
- see Shanty
Creek
Holiday
Hills+
- currently open as Mt.
Holiday
Houghton
Lake*
(see Snow
Bowl)
Hu-Lu
Heights (Hulu
Heights Winter Sports Area)
May have been togaggon only
- Hudsonville, MI - southwest
Michigan - just W of 48th. S side of M121 (Chicago Dr.,
old 21)
- Google
Maps / Google
Earth ??
42.84645766424668, -85.90720567468112
Please email - mark@mwlsap.org - if you know a more
precise location.
- From The
Michigan Daily digital Archives
(Dec. 5, 1965):
2 ski runs, 6 toboggan runs, 1,600 ft. Rope tows.
Toboggans furnished. Skating rink. Lighted. Warming house
with snack bar.
- West
Michigan has 29 Winter Sports
Centers - The Herald Press
(St. Joseph, MI) Oct. 14, 1959
- Hudsonville
Memories, MI Facebook Page
Indian
Hills Ski Park
Indian
Hills
Irish
Hills Sports Park
- renamed Shamrock
Valley in
1979
- Clinton / Onsted, MI - southeast
Michigan
- o: 1962 c: 1978 v: over 200
ft.
- Google
Maps / Google
Earth
42.05459669798184, -84.15580460118701
Irish Hills Golf Course
- New
Recreation Area for Michigan
- Lansing State Journal (Lansing, Michigan) · Mon,
Dec 3, 1962
- Snow's
On The Way And Skiers Begin to Smile
- The Hillsdale Daily News
(Hillsdale, Michigan) · Tue, Dec 10,
1968
- SKI
Magazine, Spring 1977
(link)
- Michigan
Lost Ski Areas Project
- Michigan's Forgotten Ski Area
Facebook Page - Irish Hills 1
2
- Michigan Ski Area History Facebook
Page - Search:
Shamrock Valley Onsted
- Overheard
in Michigan Ski Resorts -
Facebook
- New
Ski Facilities - Sports
Illustrated, Dec 3, 1962
- skimap.org
Iroquois
Mountain Lodge (originally
called Mission Hill Ski Resort)
- Sault Ste. Marie, MI (Brimley, MI)
- upper peninsula - Lakeshore Dr. overlooking Whitefish
Bay, near the start of the St. Mary’s River, just W
of the city of Sault Ste. Marie
- v: over 400 ft.; o: 1958 as
Mission Hill Ski Resort; c: 1972
- Google
Maps / Google
Earth
46.4788825444636, -84.68576536255595
- Memories
of Iroquois Facebook Group
- 1964
adverstisement - Skiing
History Facebook Group
- 1966
Advertisement - The Evening
News (Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan) · Sat, Jan 22,
1966
- Iroquois
Mountain Ski Area -
mapcarta.com
- Michigan
Lost Ski Areas Project -
Iroquois
- Michigan
Lost Ski Areas Project -
Mission Hill
- Michigan Ski Area History Facebook
Page -
- Ski
Slopes Dot Map of Winter Recreation
Area - The Evening News
(Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan) · Sat, Jan 22,
1966
- Iroquois
Mountain Offers Variety Of Slopes
- The Evening News (Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan) ·
Sat, Jan 22, 1966
- Home videos at Wheels
of History Train Museum - Brimley, MI Facebook Page -
videos - 5 short videos
shared by Janet Gauthier (scroll down to 00:32, 00:11,
00:28, 00:38, and 00:59)
Jack
Pine Valley*
- see Circle
TNT
Jordan
Valley Lodge^
Kalamazoo
Country Club
Kalamazoo
Ski Club
- Plainwell, MI - southwest Michigan
- AB Avenue between Douglas and 12th Street; slopes may
have faced east and been accessed by a driveway running
west from Douglas
- Google
Maps / Google
Earth
42.4093960485167, -85.6233635457187
location very uncertain
- Michigan
Lost Ski Areas Project
Kandahar
(formerly Summit Ski Club / Summit Ski Area)
Kenyon's
Resort
Kiwanis Winter Sports Park * -
see Harbor
Springs Kiwanis Park
Kirlin
Hill*
- see Mt
Mesnard
Lakeshore
Ski Club
Lake
Valley Resort
(Lake Valley Ski Area)
Lansing
Ski Club / Lansing Ski Area
- East Lansing, MI - south central
Michigan -
just W of Park Lake Road and E of Walnut Hills Country
Club, from M78, N on Park Lake Rd., turn left (E) on Lake
Lansing Rd., then right (N) on Dawn Ave.
- c: 1984 v: 130 ft.
- In 1978 (Skalka):
5 rope tows, 1 poma, 2 chairlifts
- Google
Maps / Google
Earth
42.75906573266573, -84.45075736085018
- Lansing
Ski Club Adds Lift -
Lansing State Journal (Lansing, Michigan) · Thu, Dec
3, 1970 [unique
lift]
- Michigan
Lost Ski Areas Project
- Michigan Ski Area History Facebook
Page 1
2
- Historic
Society of Greater Lansing Facebook Page
Lee
Tow Winter Sports Park
- Caro, MI - southeast Michigan - on
M46, 11.5 mi. W of M53 and 3.5 mi. E of M24; probably
near the intersection of M46 and Lee Hill Rd. - maybe on
Lee Hill Dr
- o: 1960 c: 1968 (?) v: 320
ft
- Google
Maps / Google
Earth ??? ( Lee Hill
Dr.)
43.40836713788471, -83.31384025345925
Please email - mark@mwlsap.org - if you know a more
precise location.
- Michigan
Lost Ski Areas Project
- Winter
Sports Area Near Caro -
Harbor Beach Times (Harbor Beach, Michigan) · Thu,
Dec 15, 1960
- ad
- The Sebewaing Blade and
Unionville Crescent (Sebewaing, Michigan) · Thu, Jan
24, 1963
- ad
- Harbor Beach Times (Harbor Beach, Michigan) · Thu,
Jan 2, 1964
- For
Fun - Ski Lee-Tow - The
Sebewaing Blade and Unionville Crescent (Sebewaing,
Michigan) · Thu, Feb 4, 1965
- For
a full season of Skiing -
The Sebewaing Blade and Unionville Crescent (Sebewaing,
Michigan) · Thu, Dec 28, 1967
- When
skiing with new bindings -
The Sebewaing Blade and Unionville Crescent (Sebewaing,
Michigan) · Thu, Jan 4, 1968
- Michigan
Ski Area History Facebook Page
Leelanau
Schools Ski Hill
*
- Traverse City, MI - One Old
Homestead Road, Glen Arbor, MI 49636
- STILL OPEN as The
Homestead
- o: 1963? 1961
- Ski club started in 1946; ski hill
still open in 1970
- Google
Maps / Google
Earth
44.91211870053845, -85.97193052318823
- Michigan
Ski Area History Facebook Page
- Home-Made
Ski Hill - Detroit Free
Press (Detroit, Michigan) · Sun, Dec 15,
1963
- Leelanau
boys, Girls Win from Boyne -
Traverse City Record-Eagle (Traverse City, Michigan)
· Thu, Jan 26, 1961
Les
Cheneaux
- Cedarville, MI - upper peninsula -
in downtown Cedarville
- v: 85 ft. o: 1963
- Google
Maps / Google
Earth
Cedarville, MI (location in town unknown)
- Michigan
Ski Area History Facebook Page
- Your
Guide To Fun In Les Cheneaux
- The Evening News (Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan) ·
Sat, Jan 22, 1966
- Your
Guide To Fun On Les Cheneaux
- The Evening News (Sault St. Marie), Jan. 22,
1967
- Ski
Slopes Dot Map of Winter Recreation
Area - The Evening News
(Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan) · Sat, Jan 22,
1966
Little
Switzerland Ski Area+
- currently operating as Swiss
Valley
Lions
Club Ski Hill
- Wadhams / Port Huron, MI - east
central Michigan - 5 miles NW of Wadhams 1/4 off Lapeer
Rd. (M21) on Abbottsford Rd. along the Black River; 3248
Abbottsford Rd, North Street, MI
- Port Huron Lions Club
- Google
Maps / Google
Earth
43.0016236113479, -82.56072832022454
- Michigan's
Forgotten Ski Areas -
Facebook
Lookout
Hills Ski Park / Lookout Inn
Lost
Lake Woods Club
Lost
Pines Lodge
Lovells
Winter Playground
Ludington
Ski Area
(earlier called Riverton Ski Area)
- Ludington, MI - north western
Mighigan
- 6 (7) miles S (of Riverton?) on
US-31 to French School then 2 mi E, OR 3 mi S of
Scottville then 4 mi W then 2 mi S
- 11 mi straight N of
Hart
- 7 mi S on US31 and 2 mi
E
- v: 175 - 200 ft. o:
1959
- Google
Maps / Google
Earth
43.87142755104844, -86.3587695040439 Page
1
2
- Advertisement
- The Ludington Daily News,
Dec. 8, 1959
- Ludington
Ski Area Open Michigan Now Has 70
- Lansoing State Journal, Jan. 8, 1959
- Western
Michigan Ski Report - The
Ludington Journal, Jan 8, 1959
- West
Michigan has 29 Winter Sports
Centers - The Herald Press
(St. Joseph, MI) Oct. 14, 1959
- Michigan Ski Area History Facebook
Page 1
2
3
Ludington
State Park -
tow?
Mackinac
College Ski Slope (also
called: Rex Humbard College Ski Slope, Stonecliffe, Mt
Humbard)
Madcap
Winter Sports Park
Major
Mountain
Manistee
Ski Area (also called
Big-M Ski Area and Udell Hills)
Manning
Ski Hill
/ Alpena Ski Slope
Maple
Mountain
Maplehurst
McGuires
Ski Resort
Michaywe
Slopes (formerly called
AuSable Ski Ranch)
- Gaylord, MI -north central
Michigan
- v: 150 ft. became Michaywe
in1972
- In 1978 (Skalka):
2 rope tows, 2 poma, 1 chairlifts
- Google
Maps / Google
Earth
44.94890347955744, -84.65438969710418
- Michigan
Lost Ski Area Project -
Michaywe
- Michigan
Lost Ski Areas Project -
AuSable
- Michigan's
Forgotten Ski Areas -
Michaywe
- Michigan
Ski Area History Facebook Page
2
3
- New
Ski Facilities (Au Sable) -
Sports Illustrated, Nov. 21, 1960
- SKI
Magazine, March 1979
(link)
- SKI
Magazine, Feb. 1974
(link)
- New
Ski Facilities - Sports
Illustrated, Nov. 21, 1960 - AuSable Ski
Ranch
- skimap.org
Middleville
Ski Resort (may also be
Eskar
Hills)
Miles
Kimmerly Recreation Area
Minneapolis
Woods Ski Area
+ - still open as Sault
Seal Recreation Area
Mio
Mountain
Mission
Hill Ski Resort *- see
Iroquois
Mountain Lodge
Mont
Brier * - see
Norway
Mountain
Moon
Ridge
- Lakeville, MI - southwest Michigan
- on the east side of a small ridge north of Lakeview on
95th Avenue,
3 (2) mi N of Lakeview on Lincoln Road in Montcalm
County, about 1/2 mi S of the north county line about a
quarter mi S of 1 Mile Rd
- c: 1968
- Google
Maps / Google
Earth ???
43.47338027942229, -85.27508889799282
Please email - mark@mwlsap.org - if you know a more
precise location.
- Michigan
Lost Ski Areas Project
- Skiers
Expect A Banner Year -
Detroit Free Press, Oct. 27, 1968
Mott
Mountain (later called
Silver Ridge, maybe Black Mountain, maybe also called Jasper
Ski Resort)
Mt.
Christie
- Oxford, MI (near Detroit) -
southeast Michigan - N of Oxford, MI. W of M-24, E of
Baldwin Rd, N of W. Davison Lake Rd, S of Brauer
Rd.
- slopes faced east
- o: 1958 c: 1968
- now a housing
development
- Google
Maps / Google
Earth ???
42.88822404259885, -83.32029303629933
Please email - mark@mwlsap.org - if you know a more
precise location.
- Guide
to Ski Areas - Sports
Illustrated, Dec. 1, 1958
- Mt.
Christie Oxford MI Abandoned Ski
Area - YouTube video -
daryl turcott (2:40)
- Skiers
Expect A Banner Year -
Detroit Free Press, Oct. 27, 1968
- Michigan
Lost Ski Areas Project
- Michigan Ski Area History Facebook
Page - 1
2
- Search:
Mt. Christie
- Brochure
- Michigan's Forgotten Ski Areas Facebook
Mt.
Frederick-
reopened as Twin
Peaks in
1973
Mt.
Gabriel
Mt.
Grampian
- Oxford, MI (near Detroit) -
southeast Michigan
- v: 200 ft.
- In 1978 (Skalka):
8 rope tows, 1 chairlift, J-bar
- Google
Maps / Google
Earth
42.826021248240615, -83.21462578665032
- Developed by Joseph F Kosic Sr.
who was also important in the devlopment or operation of
Alpine Valley-MI, Alpine Valley-WI, Devil's Head-WI, Mt.
Holly-MI, Bittersweet-MI, and Pine Knob-MI.
https://www.goskimichigan.com/michigan-ski-hall-of-fame/
/ obituary
2017
- SKI
Magazine, Dec. 1975
(link)
- Michigan
Lost Ski Areas Project
- Michigan"s
Forgotten Ski Areas Facebook Page
- Search:
Mt. Grampian
- Overheard
in Michigan Ski Resorts Facebook Page
- New
Ski Facilities - Sports
Illustrated, Nov. 23, 1959
- Abandoned
Mt. Grampian Ski Hill Oxford MI -
YouTube video - daryl turcott (6:01)
- Mt
Grampian Patch -
ebay
- skimap.org
Mt.
Humbard *- See
Mackinac
College Ski Slope
Mt.
Joy
Mt. Judah
Mt.
Kimberly
Mt.
Mancelona
Mt.
Maria Ski Lodge
Mt.
Mesnard - formerly Kirlin
Hill
Mt.
Onaway Ski Run
MTU-Soo
Ski Area
(MTU Sault Branch Hill)
- Sault Saint Marie, MI - north east
upper peninsula, Michigan - NW end of Lake Superior State
College campus, on hill overlooking International Bridge
and I-75
- Michigan Tech University - Sault
Branch, now Lake Superior State College
- Google
Maps / Google
Earth ???
46.493734767584925, -84.36738967806242
Please email - mark@mwlsap.org - if you know a more
precise location.
- Michgan's
Forgotten Ski Areas Facebook Page
- Ski
Slopes Dot Map of Winter Recreation
Area - The Evening News
(Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan) · Sat, Jan 22,
1966
- MTU-Soo
Boasts Area's Newest Ski Facility
- The Evening News (Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan) ·
Sat, Jan 22, 1966
- \MTU-Soo
Calendar - The Evening News
(Sault SainteMarie, Michigan), Jan 14, 1966
Muskegon
State Park / Muskegon Winter Sports
Complex
- Muskegon, MI - west central
Michigan - 426 Scenic Drive in the Muskegon State
Park
- Google
Maps / Google
Earth
43.25525290973666, -86.34977034689292
- Michigan
Ski Area History Facebook Page
- Guide
to Michigan's Skiing Centers
- Lansing State Journal (Lansing, Michigan) · Sun,
Jan 2, 1955
- Area
skiing facilities benefiting from winter's
arrival - Updated: Dec. 31,
2009, 2:11 a.m.|Published: Dec. 31, 2009, 1:11 a.m. - not
sure if there was a rope tow
- 3
places to play in the snow as winter sports
begin - Updated: Dec. 15,
2017, 6:07 p.m.|Published: Dec. 15, 2017, 5:07 p.m. - not
sure if there was a rope tow
Mussatti
Ski Hill
- Bessemer, MI - upper peninsula -
south side of Blackjack right along US2, E of Bessemer
and N of road that leads to Anvil Location
(mine?)
- built and operated by the 4-H on
the George Mussatti farm
- Google
Maps / Google
Earth ???
46.48591044013235, -90.02085500589538
Please email - mark@mwlsap.org - if you know a more
precise location.
- Michigan
Ski Area History Facebook Page
- 4-H
Sports Day - The Bessemer
Herald , Feb 17, 1966
Newaygo
County Sports Park
Norway
Mountain - formerly Briar
Mountain , Mont Brier, and Vulcan USA
Oakland
University Ski Tow
Ogemaw
Hills
Ortonville
State Recreation Area
Oxbow
Club and Ski Area
Pando
Ski Center (also called
Pando Park)
Paradise
Valley
Peek-A-Boo
Hill
- Hessel / Cedarville, MI - Upper
Peninsula - 35 mi from straits bridge, midway between
Hessel and Cedarville, just off M-134
- o: 1957 or 1958
- Google
Maps / Google
Earth
46.016937203985925, -84.39625858358114
- Michigan
Ski Area History Facebook Page
- advertisement
- Les
Cheneaux Pair Plan New Ski Resort
- The Evening News (Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan) ·
Nov 1, 1957
- Eyes
Biggest Skiing Season in Michigan
- Petoskey News-Review, Dec 27, 1957
- UP
Like Heaven to Skiers -
Detroit Free Press (Detroit, Michigan) · Dec 26,
1958
Pere
Marquette Ski Club
Petoskey
Winter Sports Park
Pinckney
State Recreation Area
Pinnacles
(The)*
- later called Tyrolean
Pleasant
Valley Ski Area
Pioneer
Hills Winter Sports Park
Prospect
Hill - also called
Valley Farm
Rex
Humbard College Ski Slope*
- See Mackinac
College Ski Slope
Riverbank
Golf Club
Riverton
Ski Area * - see
Ludington
Ski Area
Riverview
Highlands
(Mt. Trashmore)
Rockland
Ski Hill / Rockland Winter Sports Club
- Rockland, MI - upper peninsula -
was located near the Rockland school (now gone), S end of
town at the Library/Museum and Veterans Memorial (2023),
church across street from school
- o :Sunday,
Feb. 2, 1947 ; still open
1960;
tow 750 ft long
- Google
Maps / Google
Earth
46.731860461504105, -89.17634024111692
- Rockland
MI Facebook Page
- "As you go out of town
Rockland towards Mass City on the left, just right
of the Rockland School."
- "Karl & I both remember.
This is the one on the back side; later moved to
the other side."
- Rockland MI Facebook Page
- Michigan
Ski Area History Facebook Page
-
- advertisement
- Ironwood Daily Globe (Ironwood, Michigan) · Sat,
Feb 15, 1947
- Rockland's
Ski Tow Opening on Sunday -
Ironwood Daily Globe (Ironwood, Michigan) · Sat, Jan
3, 1948
- Rockland
Ski Tow Will Run - Ironwood
Daily Globe (Ironwood, Michigan) · Sat, Jan 19,
1957
- Ski
Tow Rope Is Replaced -
Ironwood Daily Globe (Ironwood, Michigan) · Tue, Feb
19, 1957
- Rockland's
Ski Hill Is Ready -
Ironwood Daily Globe (Ironwood, Michigan) · Sat, Jan
25, 1958
Roundtops
Royal
Valley*
(later called Ski
World)
Russell's
Ridge
- Hart, MI - southwest Michigan- 5
mi. E of Hart of US-31 (many reports say 5 mi WEST of
Hart)
- o: 1968
- Google Maps / Google Earth
- Michigan
Lost Ski Areas Project
- owned by Mr. and Mrs. Ben Russell
of Hart, MI (1966)
- Skiers
Expect A Banner Year -
Detroit Free Press, Oct. 27, 1968
- Expect
to Break $30 Million in 1969 Season, 300,000
Skiers - Petosky
News-Review, Dec. 18, 1968
- SKIING
Magazine, Jan. 1969
(link)
- For
Sale - The Ludington Daily
News, Jan 30, 1971
Schussaway
Shamrock
Valley * (Shamrock
Valley Sports Park) - see Irish
Hills Sports Park
Shanty
Creek (original, without
Schuss Mt.) - later Summit Mountain / Summit Mountain at
Shanty Creek
Sheridan
Valley
Silver
Beach Ski Resort
Silver
Mountain
Silver
Ridge Resort*
(See Mott
Mountain)
Silver
Valley
Silverbell
Village Ski Area (Silver
Bell Village)
Ski-A-Way
+ - see Petoskey
Winter Sports Park
- still open
Ski
Homestead+
- now part of Ski
Brule (still open)
Ski
Village (also called
Waters Ski Club, Waters Ski Village; Al and Stevie's Ski
Village)
Ski
World (formerly called
Royal Valley)
- Buchanan, MI - southwest Michigan
- 3 mi N., W of the river, uphill from the trailer park;
R 14547 Main St, Buchanan, MI 49107
- upside down with the lodge at the
top
- down
and up chairlift
- v: 210 ft. o: 1972
- Google
Maps / Google
Earth
41.85731666255082, -86.37204800518991
- Michigan
Lost Ski Areas Project -
Ski World
- Michigan
Lost Ski Areas Project -
Royal Valley
- In 1978 (Skalka):
7 rope tows, 1 T-bar, 2 quad chairlifts - Royal
Valley
- Michigan
Ski Area History Facebook Page
2
- SKI
Magazine, Oct. 1984
(link
- Royal Valley)
- Buchanan
Ski Resort Sold To Indiana-Based
Firm - The Heral Palladium
(St. Joseph, MI), Oct. 12, 1985
- skimap.org
Skyline
Ski Area (also Sky
Line)
Snow
Bowl (Houghton Lake
Snow Bowl)
Snow
Valley
Spring
Valley - also
called Caspian
Ski Hill
Stonecliffe*
- See Mackinac
College Ski Slope
Sugar
Loaf
- Cedar, MI - northwest
Michigan
- v: 610 ft. o: 1964 c:
2000
- In 1978 (Skalka):
1 T-bar, 5 chairlifts
- Google
Maps / Google
Earth
44.91040819461757, -85.81595087828579
- Area
Ski Resorts Tell Season Improvements
- Petoskey News-Review
(Petoskey, Michigan) · 2 Nov 1964
- SKI
Magazine, Feb. 1970
(link)
- SKI
Magazine, Nov. 1974
- SKI
Magazine, Feb. 1978
(link)
- Michigan
Lost Ski Areas Project
- The
Sudden, Tragic Death of a Midwestern
Oasis, powder.com, May 16,
2017
- Michigan’s
steepest ski run closed in 2000. What’s next for
Sugar Loaf? - June 30,
2022, bridgemi.com
- The
Unfortunate Demise of a Midwestern
Gem - powder.com
VIDEO
- The
Sudden And Strange Demise of Sugar Loaf,
Michigan - powder.com -
VIDEO
- Abandoned
Ski Resort Sugar Loaf Mountain
Michigan - YouTube video
(10:28)
- Friends
of Sugar Loaf - Facebook
Group
- Michigan"s
Forgotten Ski Areas Facebook Page
1
2
- Search:
Sugar Loaf
- skimap.org
Summit
Mountain / Summit Mountain at Shanty
Creek * - see
Shanty
Creek
Summit
Ski Area
/ Summit
Ski Club *
- See Kandahar
Superior
Hills
Sylvan
Resort / Sylvan Knob)
+ - still operating as
Treetops
Teeple
Hill
Thunder
Bowl
Thunder
Mountain
Timberlee
Hills
Timberline
- Alpena, MI - northeast Michigan -
west side of hill shared by the now closed
Mt.
Maria Ski Lodge
- o: 1968 (o: 1962)
- Google
Maps / Google
Earth
44.7562208028676, -83.54355595380072
- Michigan
Lost Ski Areas Project
- Michigan's
Lost Ski Area Project Facebook Page
- Skiers
- Petoskey News-Review, Oct 27, 1962
- Skiers
Expect A Banner Year -
Detroit Free Press, Oct. 27, 1968
- Expect
to Break $30 Million in 1969 Season, 300,000
Skiers - Petosky
News-Review, Dec. 18, 1968
Timberline
Twin
Peaks - location of former
Mt.
Frederick,
- could have been cross-country
only
- Frederic, MI - north central
Michigan - between Frederic and Waters; corner of Twin
Peaks Rd and Deward. Just N of Kolke Creek
Rd.
- v: 200 ft. o: 1973
- In 1959 3 T-bars, 5 rope
tows
- Google
Maps / Google
Earth
44.83461801639617, -84.77776264143834
- Michigan
Ski Area History Facebook Page
- Ski
Resorts Rapped for Deceiving
Public - Detroit Free Press
(Detroit, Michigan) · Fri, Feb 23, 1973
- 2d
Homes A New Life Style -
Detroit Free Press (Detroit, Michigan) · Sat, Jun
16, 1973
- Fire
Ravages Ski Resort -
Petoskey News-Review (Petoskey, Michigan) · Thu, Jul
22, 1976
Tyrolean
(Tyrolean Hills; previously called Pinnacles Ski
Resort)
Udell
Hills*
- see Manistee
Ski Area
Valley
Farm*
- probably the same as Prospect
Hills
Vanderbilt
Ski Club
Vernier
Hill
Village
Inn
Vulcan
U.S.A.* - became Briar Mt
and later Norway
Mountain
Walloon
Hills Ski Area +-
currently home to Challenge
Mountain
Ward
Hill(s) Ski Area
Waters
Ski Club / Waters Ski
Village*
see Ski
Village
Western
Michigan University
Whiskey
Creek
(Whiskey Creek Recreations Inc.)
Winterskoll*
(see Brady's
Hills)
Woodbridge
Ski Area
MWLSAP
Homepage
Bergland
Hill - See
Holiday
Mountain - NEVER
OPENED
Copper
Harbor- NEVER OPENED
Deertrack
Village Resort
- NO TOW INSTALLED
- Michigan
Ski Area History Facebook Page
(also: Marquette
Has New Ski Area - The
Escanaba Daily Press (Escanaba, Michigan) · 13 Dec
1949)
- From Marquette Regional History
Center:
Mark,
We don't have any record of skiing
or a rope tow at Deertrack Village, although we have
records of it operating as a summer resort. If you would
like to continue looking, we have the original local
newspapers, the Mining Journal, available for
research.
Please let me know if you have any
other questions.
Beth Gruber, Research Librarian
John M. Longyear Research Library
Marquette Regional History Center
145 W. Spring St.
Marquette, MI 49855
906-226-3571
Holiday
Mountain^
- NEVER OPENED (also called Bergland Hill, White Pine
Ridge, and Tower Hill)
- Bergland / White Pine - upper
peninsula - 4 to 5 miles S of White Pine on M64, 6 to 7
miles N of Bergland, east side of road; near the National
Forest fire tower on the left as you head to
Bergland;
- Location: Sections 29, 32, 33,
T50N, R42W, and Section 5, T42N,R42W, Ontonagon County;
MAP
- 185 inch annual snowfall; NW
facing slopes
- would have been 710 ft.
vertical
- 2 double chairs, 2 T-bars, and a
rope tow were planned
- Google
Maps / Google
Earth
46.67728936607125, -89.57777441451798
Bergland Lookout Tower
- See comments at Midwest
Lost Ski Areas Project Facebook Page
- You
know you're from Ontonagon
Facebook
Group
- Ottawa
National Forest - Bergland Hill Ski Complex Development -
Draft Environmental Statement
- Sept. 14, 1972 - Google Books
- Construction of New Ski Resort
Ready To Shift Into High Gear - Ironwood Daily Globe,
January 12, 1967
- Future
of Ski Area Topic at Groups'
Meeting - Ironwood Daily
Globe, January 14, 1967
- Efforts
To Establish Holiday Mt. Ski Area Dealt Serious
Setback - Ironwood Daily
Globe, March 29, 1972
- Report:
Bergland ski hill could be
successful - Ironwood Daily
Globe, Sept. 17, 1981
- Michigan Ski Area History Facebook
Page 1
2
Michigan
State University Ski Hill
- NEVER OPENED
Rapid
River Ski Park -
NEVER OPENED
Rouge
Park - NEVER
OPENED
St. Ignace - NEVER
OPENED
Tower
Mountain
(High Tower Ski Mountain) - NEVER OPENED
WORKING
ON:
Location of
Silver
Beach,
Lewiston, MI. DM sent to FB Otsego Area Historical Society
8/30/2023
Is Homestead located
at the Leelanau Schools ski hill?
win
Peaks
Hidden
Valley
- same as Otsego??
- location
-
location of Chainsaw
Mountain
location of Chelsea
Ski Hollow
location of Danforth
Ski Area
location of Fun
Valley
- posted on Mich lost FB
page
location of Greenbush
Inn
location of Hu-Lu
Heights
location of Lake
Valley Resort
location of Lee
Tow Winter Sports Park
location of Lovells
Winter Playground
location of Madcap
Winter Sports Park
location of Moon
Ridge
location of Mt.
Christie
location of Mt.
Mesnard
location of MTU-Soo
Ski Area
location of Mussatti
Ski Hill
location of Pere
Marquette Ski Club
location of Pinckney
State Recreation Area
location of Riverbank
Golf Club
location of Ski
Village
location of Woodbridge
Ski Area
George
Young Golf Course -
WORKING ON
Hill View -
WORKING ON
maybe Griswold
Mountain
https://www.facebook.com/profile/100027428570607/search/?q=griswold%20mountain
Flint
Parks and Recreation
????- WORKING
ON
George N. Brady Scout Reservation
- WORKING
ON
- Waterford MI / Green Lake MI, 6970
Andersonville Road
- Michigan
Ski Area History Facebook Page
(picture of skiing, but no tow)
- Boy Scouts
- Operated from 1921 to 1946. Sold
in 1946, the site is now occupied by Bay Court Park in
Independence Charter Township.
Snowshoe
Mountain
DONE - this is
Snow Snake
Mountain -
still open
- between Harrison and Clare on
US27
- ERROR - East
Michigan Offers Sports Variety
- Detroit Free Press (Detroit, Michigan) · Fri, Jan
9, 1953, I believe this news article meant Snow Snake
Mountain
Village
Inn Walloon Lake ??
- WORKING
ON
Kensington
Park
(Kensington Metropolitan Park) - NO TOW
- Brighton, MI , near Milford -
southeast Michigan - 4570 Huron River Parkway, Milford,
MI 48381
- not sure if they had a rope tow
- "no
ski facilities" 1961,
"No tow" listed on 1969 map.
- on maps 1961, 1962,
1967.
- Google
Maps / Google
Earth
42.53961995983245, -83.64410895843343
- Eastern
Lower Peninsula Map 1958 -
Michigan Ski Area History Facebook Page
- Ski
Report - Lansing State
Journal (Lansing, Michigan) · Fri, Jan 31,
1958
- Caberfae
Opening for Skiing - Battle
Creek Enquirer (Battle Creek, Michigan) · Fri, Nov
20, 1959
Pontiac
Lake Recreation Area
- probably Kandahar - WORKING ON
Hollow
Springs
- PROBABLY TEEPLE
HILL
- Pontiac, MI (Oakland County) - Hwy
M-59, 10 mi. W
- o: 1950
- note: Oakland County MI is the
current home of Mt. Holly, Pine Knob, and Alpine Valley
ski areas, and home to the former Teeple
Hill ski area
- New
Ski Area Set For Opening -
Detroit Free Press, 31 Dec 1950 (also found at
Michigan
Ski Area History Facebook Page)
- this is the only mention that I can find
- I asked Dave Decker of the
Oakland
County Pioneer and Historical
Society about the existance
of Hollow Springs mentioned in the newpaper article. Here
is his
response:
- "I’m sure it confused
people when it was printed because there is no,
absolutely no, evidence anywhere in land records,
maps, aerial photos, or our other more secret sources
that there was ever a ski area named “Hollow
Springs” located ten miles west of Pontiac.
I’m led to conclude, then that the newspaper
reporter somehow conflated “Teeple Hill”
with “Hollow Springs” but as far as the
evidence goes, I have found nothing ."
Bloomfield
Hills Country Club
- WORKING ON
Whiteface
- WORKING ON
https://www.michigan.org/article/trip-idea/comprehensive-guide-ski-resorts-michigan
https://skidaup.com/vertical-drops-of-up-ski-hills/
Adventure
Mountain - REOPENED
1/22/2021
Alpine
Valley Ski Area
Big
Powderhorn
Big
Valley Ski and Tube
Bittersweet
Black
River Basin - Snowriver
Mountain Resort (formerly Blackjack - Big Snow
Resort
Boyne
Highlands (see
The
Highlands)
Boyne
Mountain
Caberfae
Peaks Ski Resort
Cannonsburg
Ski Area
Challenge
Mountain - formerly
Walloon
Hills
Chatham
Ski Hill (also
called Hiawatha Slopes)
Covington
Ski Hill
Crystal
Mountain
(formerly Buck
Hills)
Crystella
Ski Hill
Gladstone
Sports Park (John
and Melissa Besse Sports Park)
Hanson
Hills
Hiawatha
Slopes
- still OPEN
- Chatham. MI (upper
peninsula)
- v: 86
ft.
Hickory
Hills
The
Highlands (The Highlands
at Harbor Springs) -formerly Boyne Highlands, Harbor
Highlands)
The
Homestead
Jackson
Creek Summit -
Snowriver Mountain Resort (formerly Indianhead Mountain -
Big Snow Resort
John
and Melissa Besse Sports Park
(see Gladstone
Sports Park)
Marquette
Mountain (formerly Cliff's
Ridge)
Missaukee
Mountain
Mont
Ripley
Mt.
Bohemia
Mt
Brighton
Mt
Holiday Ski Area - formerly
Holiday Hills
Mt
Holly
Mt.
McSauba (0
maps)
Mt.
Zion
Mulligan's
Hollow Ski Bowl - formerly
Grand Haven Ski Bowl
Nub's
Knob
Ostego
Ski Club (formerly Hidden
Valley)
Pine
Knob
Pine
Mountain
Porcupine
Mountain (Porkies)
Sault
Seal Recreation Area
- also called Minneapolis
Woods Ski Hill
- still OPEN
- Sault Saint Marie, MI - NE upper
peninsula
- o: 1958 v: 76
ft.
- Google
Maps / Google
Earth
46.47548317039301, -84.34454387910314
- Michigan
Ski Area History Facebook Page
- Ski
Slopes Dot Map of Winter Recreation
Area - The Evening News
(Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan) · Sat, Jan 22,
1966
- There
Are Many Slopes At Your Doorstep
- The Evening News (Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan) ·
Sat, Jan 22, 1966
- Minneapolis
Woods Ski Area Opens Here Tonight -
The Evening News (Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan) ·
Fri, Jan 7, 1966
- website
- skimap.org
(0 maps)
Schuss
Mountain at Shanty Creek
Ski
Brule - combined with Ski
Homestead
Snow
Snake Mountain
Swiss
Valley Ski Lodge - formerly
Little Switzerland Ski area
Timber
Ridge Ski Area
Tower
Mountain
Treetops
(Sylvan) Resort
MWSAP
Homepage
|
MAPS
Detroit Free
Press, Feb. 6, 1953
Lost
Wisconsin Ski Areas Facebook Page
- omissions noted
Detroit Free Press,
December 27, 1957
Detroit Free Press, Fri,
Dec 26, 1958
Detroit Free Press, Fri.
Jan. 6, 1961
PDF (Full Newspaper Page
with additional articles):
http://www.mwlsap.org/michigan/map1961plusDetroit_Free_Press_Fri__Jan_6__1961_.pdf
From Michigan's
Forgotten Ski Areas
Detroit Free Press, Dec.
9, 1962 (from Michigan
Ski Area History Facebook Page)
Detroit Free Press, Dec.
8, 1963 (from Michigan
Ski Area History Facebook Page)
Traverse City Record
Eagle, Sat. Dec. 24, 1966
Chicago Tribune -
Dec. 3, 1967
The Ludington
Daily News, Jan 14, 1969
Traverse City
Record Eagle,Jan. 22 ,1970
Lansing
State Journal (Lansing, Michigan) · Sat, Jan 8,
1972 (jpg)
Lansing
State Journal, Nov 21, 1974
Detroit
Free Press, Sun. Nov. 2, 2008
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